US police officer makes incredible basketball shot

A US police officer got nothing but net after making an incredible jump shot from outside a New York park.

"We going to make it, trust," officer Garthlette James told a group of kids on Friday afternoon while preparing to take a seemingly impossible shot from outside a basketball court in the Bronx.

James – from the 50th precinct – dribbled the ball before making the long-distance shot as his new young fans went wild.

"We aren't kidding when we say our officers have skills. Great job with the [basketball] & #NYPDconnecting with the community Officer James @NYPD50Pct," the New York Police department wrote in a Tweet.

Officer James is one of many police in New York who regularly work with youths in their neighbourhoods to help build and foster positive relationships with law enforcement.